Campbell House by Bean, Margaret

Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Campbell House Committee, 1965. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. Cover has slight wear and soiling.. Includes illustrations. Unpaginated (approximately 40 pages). Frontis in color. In 1887 a group of Youngstown, Ohio investors sent Amasa B. Campbell (1845-1912) and associate John A. Finch to investigate the tales of Idaho's fabulous Coeur d'Alene Mining District. The partners quickly determined that there were fortunes to be made. They invested $25, 000 in the Gem mine, built a mill to work the ores, and soon were earning thousands of dollars a month. His fortune assured, Campbell returned to Ohio to marry schoolteacher Grace Fox (1859-1924), and they moved to Wallace, Idaho, a raucous mining town that was a far cry from the sedate life of Youngstown. The Campbell's daughter, Helen (1892-1964), was born in Spokane during the same year that labor/management conflicts erupted in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District.… Read More

Campbell House Committee. Good. 1965. stapled/soft Cover. (D81) .